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sync up billing end date for sub items

former_member8073
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Hello,

I would really appreciate your suggestion/inputs for the below requirement.

I have main and sub items in provide contract where sub items are added either on same time when the contract is created or can be added after some days/months and when it is added after some days/months then the 'Billing end date' is not in sync with main items end date , which is our requirement. Has anyone of you came across with such requirement?

ex. Contract 123 (yearly subscription) created on 01.01.2021 with Main item(product A) and on 15.07.2022 sub item(product B) is added in the same contract. expectation is to have BITs as follow.

Bill-from date Bill-to date

Product A 01.01.2021 31.12.2021

Product B 15.07.2021 31.12.2021

Looking forward to your suggestion/inputs.

Thank you for your help in advance!

Regards

Hitesh

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doris_karapici
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Hello Hitesh,

the standard feature to synchronize the Billing Cycles between different products and add-ons is to use in your ERP system the 'Define Billing Cycle' in customizing. (Contract account receivable and payable/Convergent Invoicing/Basic Functions/Scheduling/Define Billing Cycle. In this activity, you define the billing cycle. The billing cycle is part of scheduling for billing and invoicing. It controls the derivation of the billing period for periodic bills. You enter the billing cycle in the contract accounts or in the provider contracts of your business partners.

According to customizing here, when a provider contract is created ERP calculated the billing cycle and when the provider contract is replicated in SAP CC the SAP_BILLCYCLE_DATE parameter is properly filled and synchronization of the cycles is achieved.

For example if you want a monthly Billing Cycle that starts every month at the first day, the customizing would look like below:

I hope it helps, if not I would gladly try to help.

With regards,

Doris

former_member8073
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Hello Doris,

Thank you for the inputs and recommendation.

Question: Does that mean i have to have assign same 'billing cycle' to main and sub item product? I did tried this option earlier by assigning it only to sub item but it didn't worked.

Also do i have to create/specify any 'end date rule' in rule field in billing cyle configuration?

Looking forward to hear from you!

Thank you!

Best regards

Hitesh

doris_karapici
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Yes, you have to assign the same 'Billing Cycle' to both items. Did you check how the SAP_BILLCYCLE_DATE was sent to CC?

Regarding the second question, there is no need to specify but if you want you can. This solution I already tested and worked correctly.

Thank you,

Doris